Laser Cut Game Card Box With Internal Hinges

Introduction: Laser Cut Game Card Box With Internal Hinges

About: I'm a social-worker, working with 12 - 23 year-olds. I used to be a printer. In 2018 I opened a small makerspace (www.imdib.nl) in my house, where I have lasercutters, 3d-printers, Arduino's, Mindstorms and ...
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15 years ago I designed a box to hold CD's and makes it easy to flip through them. Now someones project to make a game card box inspired me to use that mechanism on a laser cut box for game cards.

We are kind of addicted to playing "werewolf" and created our own deck for it. This would be a great box to hold that deck. (that explains the wolf theme)

Step 1: You Will Need

Materials:

4 mm plywood (25 x 50 cm)

Tools:

lasercutter

sand paper

glue

brush or cloth

clamps

optional: paint, wax or oil

Step 2: The Design

The most work was designing the box. I was amazed that the hinge mechanism actually works.

I used 'Gravit Designer' to draw the box, so I added both the original Gravit file and a PDF.

The red-lines are cutting lines and everything black is for engraving.

My original design (15 years ago) was for cd's, so records would bring it closer to it's original purpose. I just changed one for 3 mm wood instead of 4 mm and that was more work than I expected, but it is absolutely doable.